Meeting the Demand for Teachers

Presentation to the Florida Board of Governors

September 15, 2005

Sandra L. RobinsonUCF College of Education

November, 2004 Report to BOGby President Hitt

16,000 new teacher hires needed each year(may now be 20,000 due to class size guidelines)

Capacity to prepare teachers is not the limiting factor

Increasing student enrollments – recruitment is a challenge

Large numbers of teachers leaving – retention is an issue

“What are Colleges of Education doing to help meet the demand for teachers?”

Innovative Baccalaureate Offerings

Offering education minors to Arts & Sciences majors

Expanding location of course offerings

Troops to Teachers/Soldiers to Scholars

Minority males

Positive role models for at-risk children in urban schools

Minority Programs In Education (MPIE)

Supporting Teacher Educational Pre-professionals (STEP)

Early admission

Mentored cohort groups

Educator Preparation Institutes

- Creating Opportunities & Resources for Educators (CORE) Collaborative effort, school district-community college-university AA & BS degree on-site

- Para-educators Acquiring Certification in Exceptional

Education (PACE)BS & certification, mentoring, induction component

- Transition to Teaching Partnership

Federally-funded para-educator programs to become teachers

- Central Florida Partnership for Exceptional Student Education Para-educators

State-funded para-educators to become Special Education teachers

Para-educator to Educator Programs:

RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES

SalariesSalaries

Restrictive Regulationsthrough State Rules

Post-Baccalaureate & Graduate Programs

Master of Arts in Teaching Programs

Graduate Certificate Programs

Special initiatives:Teach for Florida Grant

SUCCEED Florida GrantEducator Preparation InstitutesTransition to Mathematics & Science Teaching

Not only do these undergraduate & graduate programs offered through Colleges of Education produce graduates, but they also provide other benefits:

Not only do these undergraduate & graduate programs offered through Colleges of Education produce graduates, but they also provide other benefits:

UCF placed 1,635 interns in schools in 2004-2005UCF placed 1,635 interns in schools in 2004-2005

Service Learning

Junior Achievement

UCF - 67,251 hours

Internships

INTERNSHIP PROGRAMSADD VALUE

Average of 695 UCF student internships annually in Orange County Public Schools

695 interns x 27 hours/week x 14 weeks x $7.03 per hour =

$1,846,851 value added annually

UCF ACADEMY FOR TEACHING, LEARNING & LEADERSHIP

Promote Lifelong LearningHub for Partnerships

Proven & Promising Practices

Center for Educational Research and Development

Fellows of the Academy

Toni Jennings Exceptional Education Institute

Lockheed Martin Academy for Mathematics & Science

Morgridge National Reading Center

Literacy Symposium

Community Counseling Clinic

Partnerships with Business & Industry

Boeing Scholarship Program – scholarships for alternative certification programs

Progress Energy – Leadership Institute

State Farm – National Board mentoring

Lockheed Martin – Math/Science Academy (M.Ed. for K-8 teachers) &

T-MAST (M.A. for 6-8 teachers)

Toyota - T-MAST funding

Starbucks – Reading Camp for urban school children

UCF ACADEMY FOR TEACHING, LEARNING & LEADERSHIP

UCF ACADEMY FOR TEACHING,

LEARNING & LEADERSHIP

UCF ACADEMY FOR TEACHING,

LEARNING & LEADERSHIP

Professional Development Initiatives to Promote Teacher Retention

Professional Development Initiatives to Promote Teacher Retention

Florida Literacy and Reading Excellence

Reading First Professional Development

Florida On-line Reading Professional Development

Project Central

Math & Science Professional Development

Arts in Education

TOP TEN WAYS Colleges of Education meet the

Demand for Teachers

TOP TEN WAYS Colleges of Education meet the

Demand for Teachers

Ensuring students know teaching is rewarding…and valued!

10 Innovative initiatives at Baccalaureate, Post Bac & Graduate levels

9 Promoting partnerships with community colleges

8 Increasing partnerships with business & industry

7 Course availability at multiple sites

6 Multiple modes of delivery

5 Recruitment of teachers, counselors and principals

4 Increased scholarship opportunities for undergraduates and graduates

3 Value added to Florida school districts

2 Professional development opportunities to aid in retaining teachers and number 1…